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Friends Star James Michael Tyler Shares Stage Four Cancer Diagnosis

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Friends star James Michael Tyler has told of how he has stage four cancer. 

The actor, who played Central Perk manager Gunther in the hit sitcom, was diagnosed with prostate cancer three years ago, but it has now advanced.

James, 59, opened up about living with the disease during an interview with the Today show in the US on Monday. 

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James Michael Tyler as Gunther in Friends

“In September 2018, I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, which had spread to my bones,” he said. 

“I’ve been dealing with that diagnosis for almost the past three years.”

He continued: “It’s stage 4 (now). Late stage cancer. So eventually, you know, it’s gonna probably get me.”

Speaking about his original diagnosis that came during a routine check up, James said: “I was 56 years old at the time, and they screen for PSA, which is prostate-specific antigen. That came back at an extraordinarily high number… So I knew immediately when I went online and I saw the results of my blood test and blood work that there was obviously something quite wrong there.

‘Nearly immediately, my doctor called me and said ‘Hey, I need you to come in tomorrow because I suspect that you may have quite a serious problem with your prostate.’”

James initially underwent hormone therapy to help treat the disease and said he felt “fine” with no symptoms.

However, during the pandemic, his cancer mutated and he is now unable to walk after it further spread to his bones and spine. 

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James pictured on a replica of the Central Perk set in 2015

“I missed going in for a test, which was not a good thing,” he said. “So the cancer decided to mutate at the time of the pandemic, and so it’s progressed.”

James also said his illness meant he was not able to appear in person during the recent Friends reunion, appearing via video call instead. 

“It was my decision not to be a part of that physically and make an appearance on Zoom, basically, because I didn’t wanna bring a downer on it, you know? … I didn’t want to be like, ‘Oh, and by the way, Gunther has cancer,’” he said.

James added that he wishes he’d gone to get checked out by his doctor earlier, and urged others to do the same.

“My goal this past year was to see my 59th birthday, he said. “My goal now is to help save at least one life.”

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Cheryl Reveals The Reason Why Fans Might Not See As Much Of Her After Return To Spotlight

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Cheryl has only just returned to the spotlight, but fans shouldn’t expect to see as much of her as they did before. 

The ex-Girls Aloud singer has said she will not go back to being as busy, as she no longer has the energy to do things that “make her feel stressed or nervous”. 

Speaking to Marie Claire, the former X Factor judge said: “I’m not doing that to myself again. I’m only going to do stuff that makes me truly happy.

“I think life falls into place when you focus on that intent. Only happiness. Only authenticity. I won’t spend time on anything that makes me feel stressed or nervous. I haven’t got the energy.”

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Cheryl pictured in 2019

Cheryl revealed that the pandemic had helped her to learn a “really valuable lesson” in evaluating what is important. 

She continued: “It’s not worth it. The pandemic actually taught us that. You speak to people now and they don’t want to go back to their normal lives. 

“I think we’ve learnt a really valuable lesson, as horrible and tragic and despicable as it was, and it brought a lot of awareness and self reflection, for the better. It’s about what’s important, and what makes you happy, and what makes you miserable.”

Cheryl, who is a parent to four-year-old son Bear with ex Liam Payne, returned to social media earlier this month after a year-long break, revealing she was working on a new project. 

She has since been announced as an ambassador for supplements brand Feel.

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Cheryl said that she will not go back to being as busy

Prior to her showbiz break, Cheryl has served as a judge on the The Greatest Dancer, which was axed by the BBC after two series last year. 

Her last solo release came in 2019, having previously hit the top spot with singles like Fight For This Love and Call My Name. 

Cheryl served as an X Factor judge from 2008 to 2010 and then again from 2014 to 2015. 

It had been reported that Simon Cowell was keen to work with Cheryl on the ITV talent show again should it return from its current hiatus in 2022. 

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Sky News’ Kay Burley Says She Was An ‘Idiot’ Over Covid Rule Breach

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She said: “I thought I was Covid-compliant. I wasn’t. I made a mistake.

“I was an idiot and I let myself and my viewers down. I’m sorry for what I did and for any heartache I caused the loyal friends with me at the time.

“I was appropriately sanctioned.”

She added: “I paid for my mistake; quite rightly. My viewers told me how frustrated they were with me and they were right to do so.

“With time, the mood music changed and my viewers wanted me back.” 

Burley had celebrated her birthday with a rule-breaking gathering in London in December, while the capital was under Tier 2 restrictions.

The presenter, who has been with Sky News since its inception in 1989, apologised at the time, tweeting: “It doesn’t matter that I thought I was Covid-compliant on a recent social event. The fact is I was wrong, I made a big mistake, and I am sorry.”

Political editor Beth Rigby and north of England correspondent Inzamam Rashid were also taken off air for three months after attending their colleague’s 60th birthday party.

Following an internal review in December, Sky News found that “a small number of staff attended a social event in London” where Covid-19 guidelines were breached.

It said: “All those involved regret the incident and have apologised. Everyone at Sky News is expected to comply with the rules and the company takes breaches like this very seriously indeed.”

Burley returned to her breakfast slot on Sky News earlier this month. 

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Piers Morgan’s Wife Admits She Used To ‘Bitch’ About Him With Susanna Reid Behind His Back

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Piers Morgan’s wife Celia Walden has admitted that she used to “bitch” about her husband with his former Good Morning Britain co-host Susanna Reid.

Celia also revealed that she thinks Susanna – who was often described as Piers’ ‘long-suffering on-screen wife’ – did “the whole wife thing” better than her because she knew how to “manage” the divisive presenter.

Speaking to The Sun, Celia revealed: “We used to bitch about him behind his back together. In fact, I always felt she was ­better at the whole ‘wife’ thing than me. She was very good at ­managing him.”

Celia, who married Piers in 2010, also revealed what it was like living with Piers since he was axed from his job on GMB.

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Celia Walden, Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid

“Well, I always think of that famous quote, ‘Behind every great man, there’s a woman rolling her eyes’ — I am that woman,” she said.

“Being married to Piers is ­basically one very long eye roll. But what people don’t realise about Piers is that he’s usually very quiet at home because he’s exhausted himself on whatever interview he’s been doing.

“This is the only reason I am sad about him leaving GMB — well, that and the fact I wake up and there he is, staring back at me morning after morning.

“But really, he used to come back and by 9am was absolutely flattened, lying there on the sofa, catatonic, not bothering anyone.”

She added: “Unfortunately he’s got all his energy back now. Please, someone, just give him a job!

“But what’s extraordinary is that before it really was that Marmite thing with him — a split between those who loved or loathed him.

“But recently the attention has been 99.9 per cent positive. It’s been like walking around with a national ­treasure. Very odd.”

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Peter Andre Inadvertently Sends Boris Johnson A Very Rude Message After Wedding To Carrie Symonds

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Boris Johnson was met with many messages of congratulations after marrying Carrie Symonds in a private ceremony over the weekend, but Peter Andre accidentally had fans laughing after sending his good wishes to the prime minister.

The Mysterious Girl singer inadvertently made a joke about a sex act as he posted about the Johnsons’ nuptials on Instagram. 

Sharing an image of the couple of their wedding day, Peter learned an valuable lesson about the placement of commas as he wrote: “Enjoy your wedding BJ.”

He later added: “Probs said that wrong 😑.”

“Unfortunate use of words,” one of his followers commented with some laughing emojis. 

“SCREAMING,” another wrote. 

“Oops that’s a blooper Peter what were you thinking or not thinking LOL,” a third added.

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 Peter Andre 

The couple tied the knot at Westminster Cathedral on Saturday afternoon, with a small group of their friends and family present for the ceremony.

Reports of the wedding began circulating on Saturday, with a Downing Strret spokesperson confirming the following morning: “The Prime Minister and Ms Symonds were married yesterday afternoon in a small ceremony at Westminster Cathedral.

“The couple will celebrate their wedding with family and friends next summer.”

PA has reported that the celebration will take place in July 2022, with Symonds set to take on her new husband’s surname, being known as Carrie Johnson as of Saturday.

This is the first marriage for Carrie Johnson, while it is the prime minister’s third.

He was previously married to the artist and journalist Allegra Mostyn-Owen between 1987 and 1993, and the barrister and journalist Marina Wheeler.

Johnson and Wheeler’s divorce was finalised in 2020.

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Jamie Oliver Reveals He Still Receives Public Abuse Over Turkey Twizzlers Ban

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Jamie Oliver has revealed he continues to receive abuse from members of the public after he worked to have Turkey twizzlers banned over 15 years ago.

In 2005, the celebrity chef launched a campaign to improve the quality of food being served in UK schools, with Bernard Matthews’ Turkey twizzlers among the items he wanted scrapped from school menus.

Not everyone was happy with the move, and in a new interview with the podcast 12 Questions, he disclosed that some disgruntled fans of the offending turkey treats continue to abuse him on a regular basis.

Recalling a recent trip to the zoo, Jamie said: “[I was] with my kids and, you know, two metres away, [someone said] ‘that’s Jamie Oliver over there’ and the girl goes: ‘Yeah, I don’t like him, he’s a fucking arsehole’.

“And my kids are right next to me and hearing it as well, it’s a metre and a half away.”

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Jamie Oliver pictured in 2018

He continued: “As I walk away, she goes to me ‘have you tried those new turkey twizzlers?’ and I went ‘no, I haven’t,’ and she goes: ‘Well, they’re horrible!’

“I said: ‘You probably wouldn’t like the original ones, then.’ And she goes: ‘No I did, and you took them, you stole them away from me’.”

Jamie added that when he used to tour schools, he would be spat at by those unhappy with his campaigning.

“When I was walking around schools as a 28-year-old, I was getting so much abuse,” he admitted.

“I had so much DNA on my back every day when I got home. It was proper filth.”

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Jamie Oliver outside 10 Downing Street in 2005

Jamie’s work at this time was initially captured in the documentary Jamie’s School Dinners, after which he launched the Feed Me Better campaign.

Turkey twizzlers were reintroduced in 2020, with an apparently “healthier” recipe, which included no E numbers and around a 67% meat content.

Listen to Jamie’s full interview on 12 Questions here.

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James Newman Was Contacted By One Of Music’s Biggest Stars After Eurovision Disappointment

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James Newman may suffered crushing disappointment at this year’s Eurovision, but it seems his consolation prize wasn’t too bad. 

The Embers singer has revealed he received a call of support from none other than Coldplay’s Chris Martin after picking up the dreaded “nul points” at Saturday’s Song Contest. 

Speaking to Radio 1′s Newsbeat, James said Chris FaceTimed him on Monday morning to give him some words of encouragement. 

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James Newman represented the UK at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest

“He told me to not take the result personally, said I was amazing and told me to keep my chin up,” James revealed. 

“I’ve grown up listening to him, he’s an amazing songwriter so it made me feel so much better.”

In the interview, James also stood by his Eurovision performance, saying he “couldn’t have done any better”.

“The dancers nailed it every time and I think it looked great,” he insisted. 

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Chris Martin contacted James after Saturday’s disappointing Eurovision result

The United Kingdom languished at the bottom of the leaderboard as Italy romped to victory during Saturday’s event.

James scored zero points from the jury vote and from the public vote and was the only entry to do so poorly.

The last time the UK scored “nul points” was in 2003, when Jemini infamously picked up nothing for their rendition of Cry Baby. 

James had previously broken his silence on Saturday’s result, insisting he is focusing “on the positives of this amazing experience” instead. 

In a lengthy statement on social media, James wrote: “I want to focus on the positives of this amazing experience. I stood on a stage and sang to hundreds of millions of people with a song that I wrote and love.”

He added: “The thing about writing songs is that there is no guarantee that a song you think will connect with people, will connect with an audience.”

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Little Mix’s Perrie And Leigh-Anne Reveal How They Found Out Each Other Were Pregnant, And It’s Adorable

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Little Mix have revealed the adorable story behind how Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock both found out they were pregnant. 

Both singers announced they were expecting their first children to fans within a week of each other earlier this month. 

Now Perrie has recounted how their manager Samantha Cox – who is also pregnant – was the one who pieced things altogether, which led to the girls sharing their news with one another. 

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Little Mix ‘s Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Leigh-Anne Pinnock

In a TikTok interview, Perrie said: “We were on a work Zoom and we were chatting about things that were coming up in our schedule because in Little Mix we are blocked out two years in advance.

“I was thinking, ‘I won’t be able to do that’.

“I messaged my manager and she called me and said, ‘You’re pregnant’.

“I was like, ’How do you know? And she said, ‘Because I am pregnant’. Then she said, ‘Can I add someone to the call?’”

Perrie continued: “I just heard this voice that said, ‘Perrie! You too!’ And then we just cried our eyes out. We couldn’t believe it. 

“What timing! It wasn’t planned.”

Leigh-Anne was first to publicly announce she was pregnant with fiancé Andre Gray on 4 May. 

The couple said they couldn’t “believe the dream is finally coming true” as they shared pictures from a stunning pregnancy photoshoot on the band’s Twitter account. 

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Friends Reunion: Lisa Kudrow Was Left Starstruck By One Celebrity Guest During Filming

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Lisa Kudrow might be one of the most recognisable people in the world, but even she was left starstuck on the set of the Friends reunion. 

The Phoebe Buffay actor has revealed she was very excited when Justin Bieber made a guest appearance on the upcoming TV special. 

The reunion will see the main cast joined by some celebrity Friends fans, including Justin, Lady Gaga, David Beckham, Malala Yousafzai and Cindy Crawford.

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Lisa Kudrow 

Speaking to the New York Post, Lisa said of the Baby singer: “I was like, ‘Wait, that’s Justin Bieber, right? Would he be here? Is he here? He’s really here – that’s Justin Bieber!’ 

“That was kind of exciting. I’m throwing in a ‘kind of’ so that I seem a little cooler. It was exciting. I don’t get excited about meeting people – but Justin Bieber, he’s exciting.”

As well as celebrity guests, the reunion will see the main cast joined by some supporting actors from the series, including James Michael Tyler and Maggie Wheeler – better known as Gunther and Janice.

Joining them will be Elliott Gould and Christina Pickles (who played Monica and Ross’ parents, Jack and Judy Geller), Reese Witherspoon (who co-starred as Rachel’s sister in two episodes of the sitcom) and Tom Selleck (who played Monica’s love interest, Richard).

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Lisa admitted she was starstruck by Justin Bieber

The reunion marks the first time since the show wrapped in 2004 that all six of the main cast have been in the same room together in front of the cameras. 

Lisa said that she felt “every emotion” while filming the episode. 

“It was a lot of laughing and then real blubbering — which, I don’t know if that will be in there, but the puffy eyes are in there, so that’s good. It was an emotionally exhausting and great few days,” she told the New York Post. 

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The cast of Friends in a promo shot for the reunion

Earlier this week, a trailer for the episode debuted, which promised many tears and plenty of laughter as Lisa, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Matthew Perry, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer reminisce about the iconic sitcom that propelled them to global fame. 

It also confirmed James Corden as the host of the reunion. 

Friends: The Reunion will air in the UK on Thursday 27 May at 8pm on Sky One, and will be available to stream on NOW from the same time. 

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Pink Wishes She’d ‘Reached Out’ To Support Britney Spears Over The Years

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Pink has reflected on rising to fame alongside Britney Spears in the late 1990s, saying she wished she’d helped out her pop contemporary when she was struggling. 

During an appearance on Watch What Happens Live, the three-time Grammy winner was asked about Framing Britney Spears, the controversial New York Times documentary about Britney’s personal life. 

“I love Britney, and here’s the thing about all of us voyeurs — none of us know what’s going on,” Pink said. “We’re not there. And I would like to. I think we all would like to, and we feel this fierce protectiveness over her, for good reason — she’s a sweetheart. All I know is she’s incredibly sweet, and I want her to be happy.”

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Pink and Britney Spears

The singer told host Andy Cohen that watching the documentary made her wish she’d “reached out more” to Britney, who is engaged in a legal battle with her father over a court-ordered conservatorship that limits her authority over her own finances. 

“I don’t like feeling helpless or powerless, and I can only imagine how she feels,” she said. “She could have used some support. The media tore her apart, and the paparazzi are scum. I wish I could’ve reached out and gave her a hug.”

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Pink (centre) with Beyoncé and Britney Spears in 2003.

Earlier this month, Spears blasted the scrutiny over her private life that Framing Britney Spears had ignited. 

“These documentaries are so hypocritical,” she wrote on Instagram. “I don’t know y’all but I’m thrilled to remind you all that although I’ve had some pretty tough times in my life … I’ve had waaaayyyy more amazing times in my life and unfortunately my friends … I think the world is more interested in the negative.”  

This week, Pink unveiled her own documentary, All I Know So Far. The film takes a behind-the-scenes look look at her Beautiful Trauma World Tour in the style of Madonna’s Truth or Dare and Beyoncé’s Homecoming. 

Pink also opened up about turning down the chance to headline the Super Bowl halftime show in 2019. Maroon 5 accepted the gig instead, delivering a widelypanned performance with rappers Big Boi and Travis Scott as guests. 

Pink didn’t single out Maroon 5 specifically, but hinted that the criticism the band and other artists have received after performing at halftime – as well as her support of the Black Lives Matter movement – factored into her decision. 

“I would have a lot of fun doing it and it would be great, but I feel like nobody can win at that anymore,” she said. “It seems like anybody that does that halftime show, people just pick them apart.

“Also, I would probably take a knee, and people would be upset,” she added.  

Watch Pink on Watch What Happens Live below…

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